4.0% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charlwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Charlwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults in Charlwood work full-time compared to the rest of the state. Only 43.7% of the population holds a full-time job, which is 15 percentage points below the Queensland and Australian figures. This stands out in a place where over a third of the workforce is tied to the land.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the national figure. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, slightly lower than both the state and national rates.
60.5% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.7% ▼ -30.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 36.6% of the workforce. Construction is the next most common sector at 12.7%, followed by education and training at 7.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 32.4%, while professionals account for 16.9%. Labourers and technicians or tradespeople also make up a significant portion of the local workforce at 14.1% and 9.9% respectively.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Charlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30584/charlwood/topic/employment